Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

New American Standard Bible

Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

King James Version

Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.

Holman Bible

Seraphim were standing above Him; each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

International Standard Version

The seraphim stood above him. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he was flying.

A Conservative Version

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings, with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Amplified

Above Him seraphim (heavenly beings) stood; each one had six wings: with two wings he covered his face, with two wings he covered his feet, and with two wings he flew.

Bible in Basic English

Over him were the winged ones: every one had six wings; two for covering his face, two for covering his feed, and two for flight.

Darby Translation

Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.

Julia Smith Translation

And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly.

King James 2000

Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Seraphs [were] standing above him. {Each had six wings}: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Modern King James verseion

Above it stood the seraphs; each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

From above flickered the Seraphims, whereof every one had six wings: With twain each covered his face, with twain his feet, and with twain did he fly.

NET Bible

Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly.

New Heart English Bible

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

The Emphasized Bible

Seraphim, were standing above him; six wings severally, had each one, - With twain, he covered his face And with twain, he covered his feet And with twain, he did fly.

Webster

Above it stood seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

World English Bible

Above him stood the seraphim. Each one had six wings. With two he covered his face. With two he covered his feet. With two he flew.

Youngs Literal Translation

Seraphs are standing above it: six wings hath each one; with two each covereth its face, and with two each covereth its feet, and with two each flieth.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
the seraphims
שׂרף 
Saraph 
Usage: 7

אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

שׁשּׁה שׁשׁ 
Shesh 
Usage: 215

כּנף 
Kanaph 
Usage: 109

with twain
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767

he covered
כּסה 
Kacah 
כּסה 
Kacah 
Usage: 152
Usage: 152

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

and with twain
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
שׁתּים שׁנים 
Sh@nayim 
Usage: 767
Usage: 767

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

Context Readings

Isaiah's Commission

1 In the year that king Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is Jehovah of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Cross References

Revelation 4:8

and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.

Psalm 103:20

Bless Jehovah, ye his angels, That are mighty in strength, that fulfil his word, Hearkening unto the voice of his word.

Ezekiel 1:11

And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

Genesis 17:3

And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

Exodus 3:6

Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.

Exodus 25:20

And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Exodus 37:9

And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.

1 Kings 6:24

And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

1 Kings 6:27

And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

1 Kings 19:13

And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entrance of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

1 Kings 22:19

And Micaiah'said, Therefore hear thou the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.

Job 1:6

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

Job 4:18

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth with folly:

Job 15:15

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

Psalm 18:10

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly; Yea, he soared upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 89:7

A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?

Psalm 104:4

Who maketh winds his messengers; Flames of fire his ministers;

Isaiah 6:6

Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

Ezekiel 1:4

And I looked, and, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, a great cloud, with a fire infolding itself, and a brightness round about it, and out of the midst thereof as it were glowing metal, out of the midst of the fire.

Ezekiel 1:6

And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

Ezekiel 1:9

their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

Ezekiel 1:24

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of a host: when they stood, they let down their wings.

Ezekiel 10:16

And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them.

Ezekiel 10:21

Every one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.

Daniel 7:10

A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousands of thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened.

Daniel 9:21

yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

Zechariah 3:4

And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take the filthy garments from off him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with rich apparel.

Luke 1:10

And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the hour of incense.

Hebrews 1:7

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame a fire:

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

Revelation 8:13

And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.

Revelation 14:6

And I saw another angel flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and tribe and tongue and people;

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